Category Archives: Vehicles

TSS Eternity (yacht)

The TSS Enternity is a small HS 4 Luxury Yacht originally registered in the Timeon system.  Sporting a pair of class A atomic engines, it is quick and maneuverable,  Built with an armored hull, it is also fairly resilient to damage as well.  I has a laser battery and reflective hull for defense, relying more on its speed than its weaponry to get out of trouble.

The ship is designed to carry a crew of four for operations and six passengers in luxury where ever it may go.  It has a 1 CU hold (often used for storing vehicles) and is aerodynamically streamlined and fully capable of planetary landings.

The full stats for this ship are:

Hull Size: 4
HP: 29
ADF: 3 (fully loaded) 4 (unloaded)
MR: 3 (fully loaded) 4 (unloaded)
DCR: 34
Engines: 2 Class A Atomic Engines
Fuel Capacity: 3 full loads per engine
Accommodations: 4 Journey Class, 6 First Class
Life Support:
– Primary: standard system – 4 beings, 200 days, deluxe system – 6 beings, 200 days
– Backup: standard system – 4 beings, 200 days, deluxe system – 6 beings, 200 days
Communication & Detection Equipment: Videocom radio with a master and 1 secondary control screen, Subspace Radio , Intercom (2 master control panels, 20 standard panels, 10 speaker panels), Radar – Type I, Energy Sensors – Type I, Skin Senors, Camera system
Computer Level: 4   FP: 116
Computer Programs: Atomic Drives 4, Life Support 2, Backup Life Support 2, Alarm 2, Computer Lockout 4, Damage Control 2, Astrogation 4, Laser Battery 1, Communication 2, Information Storage 2, Installation Security 3, Skin Sensors 1, Maintenance 2, Cameras 1
Ship’s Vehicles: small launch, small lifeboat
Other Equipment: deluxe astrogation system , complete backup computer and life support system
Weapons: LB
Defenses: RH
Control Spaces: 4
Cargo Capacity: 1 cargo unit (300 cubic meters)
Volume: 3721 cubic meters (total), 2857 cubic meters (inhabited)
Unloaded Mass: 2990 tons
Loaded Mass: 3290 tons
Crew Size: 4 (nominal)
ADF per Fuel Load: 3800 (loaded), 4181(unloaded)
Cost: new: 1,885,837 cr. (unfueled)

Originally owned by a wealthy business man on Timeon, the original owner has tired of this old ship and is selling it to help pay for his new one.

The ship is currently missing:

  • small launch
  • small lifeboat
  • all life support supplies
  • backup computer

The price of the ship in its current state is 1,267,586 cr.

CDC MV-043 Mining Ship

The MV-043 is a small, HS 5 mining ship designed to work independently on both small and large worlds.  Streamlined for planetary landings, the ship carries and orbital processing lab that allows it to process any resources found and bring them back to civilization in its 20 cargo unit hold.

The ship has 10 mining robots and a digger shuttle for mining operations and its support system can support up to 12 beings for 200 days.  It carries two laser batteries for self defense.  It’s ship’s vehicles include a small lifeboat and launch and a workpod.

CDC built a number of these vessels in its early days and continued to manufacture them at a low level as it opened new worlds.  The ships often doubled as exploration scouts – seeking out new worlds and collecting their resources.

The full ship stats are:

Hull Size: 5
HP: 24
ADF: 1 (loaded), 3 (empty)
MR: 1 (loaded), 3 (empty)
DCR: 38
Engines: 2 Class A Atomic Engines
Fuel Capacity: 3 full loads per engine
Accommodations: 12 Journey Class
Life Support:
– Primary: standard system – 12 beings, 200 days
– Backup: standard system – 12 beings, 200 days
Communication & Detection Equipment: Videocom radio with a master and 2 secondary control screens, Subspace Radio , Intercom (2 master control panels, 20 standard panels, 10 speaker panels), Radar – Type I, Energy Sensors – Type I, Skin Senors, Camera system
Computer Level: 4   FP: 138
Computer Programs: Atomic Drives 4, Life Support 1, Backup Life Support 1, Alarm 2, Computer Lockout 4, Damage Control 2, Astrogation 4, Laser Battery 1, Laser Battery 1, Communication 2, Information Storage 2, Installation Security 2, Skin Sensors 1, Maintenance 2, Cameras 1, Robot Management 4, Cargo Arm 2, Orbital Processing Control
Ship’s Vehicles: small launch, small lifeboat, workpod, digger shuttle
Other Equipment: cargo arm, orbital processing center, 10 mining robots, complete backup computer and life support system
Weapons: LB (x2)
Defenses: RH
Control Spaces: 8
Cargo Capacity: 20 cargo units (3000 cubic meters)
Volume: 7313 cubic meters (total), 2343 cubic meters (inhabited)
Unloaded Mass: 3848 tons
Loaded Mass: 9848 tons
Crew Size: 8 (nominal)
ADF per Fuel Load: 1269 (loaded), 3248 (unloaded)
Cost: new: 2,478,412  r. (unfueled)

The ship currently available has been in service for 19 years and is currently missing the following items:

  • all vehicles including the digger shuttle
  • the mining robots
  • all life support supplies
  • the backup computer

In its current state, the ship is selling for 1,292,284 cr. 

PGC LL-037 Passenger Liner

The LL-037 is a small (100 passenger) space liner typically operated in more remote systems that don’t have enough traffic to warrant a larger ship.

With a crew of 30, the ship can accommodate the needs of its passengers for the duration of the interstellar journey.  While the liner sports 10 First Class cabins, it is primarily focused on basic Journey class passengers of which it can carry 90.  There are also 100 storage class berths for those that which to take that route.

Sporting two Class B Atomic engines, the ship has a maximum ADF of 2, allowing it to run a little faster than its typical 1g of acceleration if it needs to.  It also sports a single laser battery as a deterrent.

The full ship stats are:

Hull Size: 8
HP: 39
ADF: 2
MR: 2
DCR: 52
Engines: 2 Class B Atomic Engines
Fuel Capacity: 6 full loads per engine
Accommodations: 10 First Class, 120 Journey Class, 100 Storage Class
Life Support:
– Primary: standard system – 120 beings, 200 days, deluxe system – 10 beings, 200 days
– Backup: standard system – 35 beings, 200 days, deluxe system – 10 beings, 200 days
Communication & Detection Equipment: Videocom radio with a master and two secondary control screens, Subspace Radio , Intercom (3 master control panels, 40 standard panels, 100 speaker panels), Radar – Type I, Camera system, 120 portholes
Computer Level: 4   FP: 157
Computer Programs: Atomic Drives 5, Life Support 2, Backup Life Support 2, Alarm 2, Computer Lockout 4, Damage Control 2, Astrogation 4, Laser Battery 1, Communication 2, Information Storage 2, Installation Security 2, Maintenance 2, Cameras 1, Robot Management 4
Ship’s Vehicles: small launch, 2 large launches, 2 small lifeboats, 5 large lifeboats, 5 escape pods, 1 workpod
Other Equipment: complete backup computer and life support system
Weapons:  LB
Defenses: RH
Control Spaces: 8
Cargo Capacity: 5 cargo units (1500 cubic meters) – this is beyond the required storage for the berths
Volume: 31266 cubic meters (total), 24413 cubic meters (inhabited)
Unloaded Mass: 17380 tons
Loaded Mass: 18880 tons
Crew Size: 30(nominal)
ADF per Fuel Load: 2118
Cost: new: 8,113,345 cr. (unfueled)

The ship currently on the market is 21 years old and missing the following items:

  • All of the ship vehicles
  • all Life support supplies
  • the backup computer
  • furniture and equipment from the passenger cabins (cost is half regular price to refurbish)

The cost of the ship in it’s current condition is 4,247,313 cr.  With a minimal crew of 6, the DCR is only 46 and in it’s currently stripped state, the ship has a current ADF of nearly 4 (3.89).


PGC FF-02 Military Frigate

The FF-02 was an early model frigate designed and built shortly after the Great Sathar War as the newly formed UPF worked to build up it’s Spacefleet to defend against another sathar incursion that never happened.  A mainstay of the early fleet, a large number of these ships were build in the early days of the UPF.

Many have been lost over the years to skirmishes with pirates over the intervening decades with a few even showing up in pirate fleets, having been captured or salvaged.  Those remaining in service within Spacefleet are getting up in years and are being decommissioned in favor of newer, updated models.  Some have gone to planetary militias, and other to the escort fleets of the larger mega-corps.  A few, fully stripped of military hardware, have gone to private buyers as well.

PGC FF-02 Military Frigate

The frigate is the smallest and fastest (ADF 4) of the capital ships in Spacefleet.  Packing nearly the same punch as the slightly larger destroyers, these ships were quicker to build and their added maneuverability gave them a desirable advantage.

The frigate sports a laser cannon, laser battery, and rocket battery and torpedo launchers.  It has a standard reflective hull, masking screen launcher, and small interceptor missile cluster for defense.

The PGC FF-02 was built with older armored hull technology that provided extra hull strength at the cost of increased mass.  Newer models are being built with newer military spec hulls that provide even more hull strength and less weight, increasing maneuverability.

The full ship specs are:

Hull Size: 5
HP: 39
ADF: 4
MR: 4
DCR: 70
Engines: 2 Class B Atomic Engines
Fuel Capacity: 6 full loads per engine
Accommodations: 35 Journey Class
Life Support:
– Primary: standard system – 35 beings, 200 days
– Backup: standard system – 35 beings, 200 days
Communication & Detection Equipment: Videocom radio with a master and five secondary control screens, Subspace Radio , Intercom (4 master control panels, 100 standard panels, 20 speaker panels), Radar – Type I, Energy Sensors – Type I, Skin Senors, Camera system, White Noise Broadcaster
Computer Level: 4   FP: 176
Computer Programs: Atomic Drives 5, Life Support 1, Backup Life Support 1, Alarm 2, Computer Lockout 4, Damage Control 2, Astrogation 4, Laser Cannon 1, Laser Battery 1, Rocket Battery 2, Torpedo 3, ICM 3, Communication 2, Information Storage 2, Installation Security 5, Skin Sensors 1, Maintenance 2, Cameras 1, Robot Management 4
Ship’s Vehicles: small launch, large launch, 2 large lifeboats, 10 escape pods, 2 workpods
Other Equipment: complete backup computer and life support system
Weapons: LC, LB, RB(x4), T(x2)
Defenses: RH, MS (x2), ICM (x4)
Control Spaces: 16
Cargo Capacity: 2 cargo units (300 cubic meters)
Volume: 9320 cubic meters (total), 7063 cubic meters (inhabited)
Unloaded Mass: 9196 tons
Loaded Mass: 9796 tons
Crew Size: 25 (nominal)
ADF per Fuel Load: 4083
Cost: new: 5,810,168 cr. (unfueled)

The ship currently available is one of the early editions, produced just a few years after the Great Sathar War and is 53 years old.  It has been stripped of all military grade hardware and a lot of other parts.  Currently it is missing the following components:

  • Laser Cannon
  • Rocket Battery Salvos
  • Torpedo Launcher and salvos
  • Masking screen salvos
  • ICM salvos
  • Energy sensors
  • the backup computer
  • all life support supplies
  • the 14 robots giving the boosted DCR
  • White Noise Broadcaster
  • all of the ship’s vehicles
  • all 10 escape pods

This stripped down hull is available for 1,762,663 credits.

With the missing damage control robots and a minimal crew of 6, the ship is rated at a DCR of 37 instead of 70. Additionally, in it stripped down state, the hull has a current ADF of 5+.  The final ADF will depend on the systems the buyer adds back in.

Carlos Kildare (Quickdeath Bounty Hunter)

Life has been a bit crazy recently and I haven’t posted anything for a couple of weeks but progress is being made.  I should be getting several post up over the next couple of weeks.  We start this month off with an NPC that you might encounter while traveling in the outback on Pale, Carlos Kildare.  The Death at Rosegard adventure features an opportunity for the PC’s to meet and possibly work with Carlos.  That interaction will be detailed in a different post but for now, here is his description and stats.

Carlos Kildare

Quickdeath hunter

Carlos was born on Minotaur but emigrated to Pale when the planet was first colonized. He is a first-wave colonist but has become a bit of curmudgeon as he has aged. Carlos is the classic “been there, done that and got the scars to prove it” sort of character that you might meet around the Frontier.

He grew up in Point True and was present when the sathar landed at the outset of the First Sathar War. He joined the Aletheia Resistance Band and fought the alien invaders for the duration of the war. With the defeat of the sathar fleets in space and material support from the Pan Galactic Corporation, the government of Pale inducted all the resistance fighters into ad hoc army formations. Carlos attained the rank of sergeant in one of these rag tag militia formations but left the military after the sathar infantry were wiped out on Pale.

Since that time he’s done well collecting bounties on sathar attack monsters that were let loose during the war. He uses a modified Snow Panther track vehicle (stats below) to get around. For a time right after the war, there was a glut of bounty hunters seeking quick cash but the pickings have become slim and only a few hardcore hunters remain in the business. Carlos had his crew quit after a recent run of bad luck and is seeking extra hands for his team.

He has also recently been diagnosed with a nearly inoperable cancer. He could allow the doctors to attempt to treat it but the “cure” will leave him weak and change little or nothing. He would rather spend his time going after bounties and may have a bit of a death wish.

Stats

Human, Male

Age: 140
STR/STA: 45/55
DEX/RS: 60/60
INT/LOG: 35/40
PER/LDR: 35/50
PS: +3, IM: +6, Ranged: Beam 70%, Projectile 50%, Melee: 53%
PSA: Military
Skills: Beam weapons 4, Melee weapons 3, Projectile weapons 2, Technician 2
Equipment: Military Skeinsuit, Sonic Disruptor & power belt, Machete, chronocom, ID, sun goggles, and military issue parka and snow pants.
Equipment stowed in the Snow Panther:  2 holo projectors and a type 3 parabattery, a kerosene powered type 1 generator, five 5 gallon jerry cans (for kerosene), 3 electro stunners, two pikes (pole arms), 4 solvaway, 5 tangler grenades, 5 frag grenades, 1 auto rifle, a dozen 20 SEU clips and 6 auto rifle clips, survival food & water, a single wire electric fence (100 m long with 20 SEU clip- acts as a stun stick if anything touches the wire), a depleted med kit (enough Biocort and supplies to perform first aid twice as well as 4 doses of anti-tox), and a half depleted tech kit (50% chance the kit is missing the part you need for the current skill check).

The Snow Panther

Vehicle:               Snow Panther
Cost (Cr):             17,500
Top Speed:         75 kph (125m/turn)
Cruise Speed:    60 kph (100m/turn)
Acceleration:     40m/turn
Deceleration:    30m/turn
Turn speed:       70 m/turn
Passengers:        6
Cargo Limits:      3000 kg, 8 cubic meters

The Snow Panther is a tracked working vehicle designed for the bitter cold of the planet Pale’s environment. Most that are used in the outback are optimized to be lived in with fold down cots, a small camp stove and a space heater. With a full complement of passengers, it can be a bit crowded but is still workable.

Kildare’s Snow Panther has been modified with a roof hatch and the roof has a low railing running around the roof. There is also a winch and swing arm for lifting heavy objects to the roof as well as a power port that connects to the parabattery. On the sides and back of the vehicle is a folding catwalk with railing that is just wide enough for one person to walk on. While the cat walk is deployed it is possible to walk on it entirely around the vehicle (but off the ground) except in front.

Note: The generator will operate for four hours on five gallons of fuel. It has a full tank and the jerry cans are full so the generator can be run for a total of 24 hours producing 500 SEU/hour. The snow panther uses 1 SEU/kilometer to travel. The life support systems and cook stove use 2 SEU/day.